diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b5a0a3f217b59f18d1e1b6f779c5ba346798cfc5..16f104f7440d68646209030a33362c660d17f4fb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -147,4 +147,3 @@ if(WITH_GUI)
         )
     add_dependencies( uninstall __uninstall_moose-gui__ )
 endif()
-
diff --git a/cmake/build_moose-core.sh.in b/cmake/build_moose-core.sh.in
index 8ae7a5b37b4eda363b189c951bf05bc7f28c474e..8d766209f4672c6f356602e1ba280a06ea51a825 100755
--- a/cmake/build_moose-core.sh.in
+++ b/cmake/build_moose-core.sh.in
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ set -e
 # will play well with cmake. CMAKE replaces @FOO@ and ${FOO} with cmake variable
 # values.
 
-if [ -z "$MAKE" ]; then
-    MAKE=make
+if [ ! -n "$MAKE" ]; then
+    MAKE=make -j4
 fi
 
 echo "Building pymoose and creating bdist."